Across
- 6. love without limitation or quantification
- 7. between childhood and adulthood
- 10. the fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb
- 12. process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall
- 15. the confidence that a person can control his or her own body
- 16. the legal process of taking a chid of other parents as one's own
- 17. time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adults
- 20. alcohol related birth defects including both physical and mental problems
- 21. able to make correct decisions about behavior when adults are not present to enforce rules
- 23. the state at which the mental and emotional capabilities of an individual are fully developed
- 24. disorders caused partly or completely by defects in genes
- 25. a thick, blood rich tissue that lines the wall of the uterus; nourishes the embryo
- 26. thread like structures found within the nucleus of a cell; carries code for inherited traits
Down
- 1. critical changes that occur in all stages of life
- 2. basic unit of hereditary
- 3. group of developing cells after 8th week of pregnancy
- 4. aka deoxyribonucleic acid; chemical unit that makes of chromosomes
- 5. the union of male sperm cell and female egg
- 8. feelings of sadness or loneliness associated with children leaving home and entering adulthood
- 9. a promise or pledge
- 11. a firm observance of core ethical values
- 13. steps that a pregnant female can take to provide for her own health and the health of her baby
- 14. state at which the physical body and all its organs are fully developed
- 18. a cluster of cells that develop between 3rd and 8th week of pregnancy
- 19. events that need to happen in order for a person to continue growing
- 22. a procedure in which a syringe is inserted through a pregnant abdominal wall to take a sample of amniotic fluid